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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Veldt.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which word is used to describe the hallway?
(a) Long
(b) Suffocating
(c) Narrow
(d) Soundproofed

2. This is an example of what type of figurative language: “…and the yellow of them was in your eyes like the yellow of an exquisite French tapestry…”?
(a) A metaphor
(b) Alliteration
(c) Personification
(d) A simile

3. What is “busy humming it to itself” in the opening paragraphs?
(a) The baby
(b) The robot maid
(c) The nursery
(d) The stove

4. How long will it take to make “good children out of bad”?
(a) Five years
(b) It is not necessary because Dr.McClean thinks that they are great as they are
(c) A year
(d) It is an impossible task

5. How far away are they when the nursery lights come on?
(a) Five feet
(b) They turn on at the threshold
(c) Ten feet
(d) One foot

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the found item smell like?

2. Who threatens George?

3. What does Dr. McClean suggest George and Lydia do to change the path they’re on?

4. Complete the sentence: “…the walls began to ________ and recede into __________distance…”?

5. What are the children’s names?

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